Very Important Lesson Learned~! (Billet Box)

Peter_C;12342451 said:

I've been the proud Billet Box owner for just a short time now. I just learned a very important lesson from the school of hard knocks, that I would like to share with all the other new(er) owners of this fine mod.

Last night, I had my first flood, totally caused by my wanting to see if I could vape to the very last drop (I couldn't), my carto started leaking out of the 510 connection - but anyhow, that wasn't THE lesson here...

It was during the resulting clean-up, and polish that I created the lesson I was yet to learn. Being a smart vaperer (person), I learn from what I read, and had already purchased (love Amazon!) my bottle of 99% alcohol, and using tissues soaked in this great fluid I cleaned every nook and cranny, secure in the knowledge that any resulting dampness would evaporate, leaving behind a just-as-new, sparkling clean Billet Box~! I finished my cleaning, rubbing and inspection, put in freshly charged batteries, and with a newly filled tank went to bed, smiling happily to myself, secure in the knowledge that I'd have a great vape in the morning.

So this morn I awaken and stumble into my computer room, fall into my chair and grab my BB, hoping to find the energy to wake up through some good vaping, only to discover that I must have turned the voltage dial during my cleaning binge the night before. So I go to slide the cover off - slide The Cover OFF!! It won't move~!!! The COVER WON'T SLIDE OFF!!!!!

Now, I have bad hands. I am only 52yrs old, but my hands are those of a 90yr old. My lovely wife opens packages for me now. So I think to myself - Peter, just put the BB aside for a bit, let your hands wake up some, and try again. So I content myself with my ProVari for the next 20-30 minutes, while constantly wondering and worrying about my precious Billet Box...

So I still can't slide the cover off. I beg my lovely wife to come in and try for me. She looks at the BB, and pokes and prods and askes me what the joke is? No JOKE I pant, the COVER WON'T COME OFF!!! I explain to her carefully in what direction, and how to hod this magic box to open it, and after a few moments she says - it ain't moving at all, got a screw-driver?

With those last hellish words I politely ask her to go on about her business and just leave me to my terrible fate. Sitting here at my desk, staring at this beautiful device, thinking of all the posts I read about others with stuck covers, thinking surely this can't happen to I? Not after I've taken such good care, and spent so much time completely cleaning it with my 99% alcohol...

It was then that I remembered, others discussing the need to use a drop or two of simple kitchen oil to lubricate the slide. Oh, how stupid I am! To do such a thing to myself! If only I could slide open the cover this one time, I promise to keep some corn oil, or perhaps even some EVOO to care for my pretty pretty box. But first, I must get this COVER OPEN!


I won't bore all of you with how I struggled to open the cover, but finally I did, and did so without damage to my precious. Using a Q-tip, I added just a smidgen of EVOO to the slide rails, dripped a bit on the 'ball', and now my cover slides on with a soft snick~!

Please, for the sake of your sanity, learn from this story, and may it never happen to you! If you go to slide your cover on, and it feels like you are sliding it over gravel, STOP what you are doing, and find a few precious drops of oil, and care for your Billet Box. Keeping it perfectly clean is not enough! Listen! Read! Learn from my mistakes!

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